Friday, June 13, 2008

Fort Casey

"We'll stay the coursefor 100 years,"says the old soldierbefore his nurse canwheel him away,shaking her head.

One generation's paranoia gives way to the nextleaving empty gun emplacements, crumbling concrete,the shouts of childrenreplacing the rough shoutsof a frustrated sargeant,attempting to mold soldiers out of boyson a wind whipped Saturday.Will we never learn?